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Steve L
Gym climber
SUR
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Nov 26, 2010 - 02:46pm PT
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Any stats on how much has been raised for the alcf so far?
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bmacd
Trad climber
100% Canadian
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Nov 26, 2010 - 03:30pm PT
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My order in and shipping address correct. I see I could have also purchased those nifty tomahawks and cam hooks on Simons site as well.
Truly privilege to acquire one of these hammers. A very big thank you to everyone involved.
Edit: Locker thanks but got it sorted out
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Nov 26, 2010 - 03:49pm PT
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SteveL...
Any stats on how much has been raised for the alcf so far?
Accurate numbers... At this point in time, no. Since I am running this as a side project for Theron/Joseph/ALCF/climbers and I just have my plate full of BIG stuff that is coming in Spring 2011 I have not done the accurate calculation yet. I do have a wonderful and accurate method of tracking hammer number choices including second, third, n+1 choices. when I can get my head above the pile of sliced turkey pieces in the next week/10 days I will be forwarding the first payment to Theron and the ALCF and at that time I will make an accurate announcement as to the total amount of wonderful donations that have been made. (Don't worry, I will NOT be openly announcing who donated what... that is a private matter.
As a ROUGH estimate... at this moment there are more than $2,250 in the ALCF donation pool.
EDIT: A better ROUGH estimate is north of $3,165 as of Friday 12:51 PST. Nice work boys+girls!
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Pie
Trad climber
So-Cal
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Nov 27, 2010 - 02:27am PT
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what happens if there are more orders taken than hammers available before dec 7th?
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 27, 2010 - 06:39am PT
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The plan is to cease taking orders once we hit 256 as we can't really sell more than we have. If demand got out of hand you might try to persuade Theron to start producing these as a product, but as it stands now this is a one-time run of hammers.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Nov 27, 2010 - 10:58am PT
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I assume if we just bought a hammer with none of the number horsing around, that the hammer will be in the mail soon?
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Nov 27, 2010 - 11:00am PT
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I was wondering the same thing Greg.
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Pie
Trad climber
So-Cal
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Nov 27, 2010 - 12:34pm PT
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Dumb question i know...I thought that may be the case, thanks for putting this all together!!
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YetAnotherDave
Trad climber
Vancouver, BC
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Nov 27, 2010 - 12:43pm PT
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Monkey/T2, I'd expect that you'll still have to wait - what if they shipped you the number I wanted, and I'd donated an extra $100 to secure my choice?
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Nov 27, 2010 - 01:31pm PT
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On the "Khumbu Climbing School hammers shipping [?]".
Best to find someone who is heading over and take them in their luggage. Although they are not that heavy, a group could split them up. There's even been instances of stamps being lifted off of postcards for the $ in Nepal, so it's possible that a shipment of these wouldn't make it over there to the end recipients. Conrad would be the best place to start.
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HighTraverse
Social climber
Bay Area
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Nov 27, 2010 - 03:38pm PT
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Put my order in on Tuesday.
Added a good bonus for Conrad and Jennie's Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation.
Not to brag but to stir others to contribute extra as well.
And great big thanks to Theron, healyje, Hartouni, Simon and all the rest for making this happen.
Five years, amazing persistence.
Fred Glover
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 27, 2010 - 05:24pm PT
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I assume if we just bought a hammer with none of the number horsing around, that the hammer will be in the mail soon?
Ah, Theron is planning an assembly party next weekend and I'm looking forward to going down to SLO to finally meet him and lend a hand. Shipping to follow asap.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Nov 27, 2010 - 05:51pm PT
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I was asking primarily because Christmas is coming fast and once that gets close, you can add a bunch of delay to the shipping time.
Thanks for the response and add my big thanks to everyone who pitched in to make this possible.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Nov 27, 2010 - 06:24pm PT
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I have an inventory management system in place so we can not sell more than we have. (Of course it is Windows-based so...)
It is correct to presume that hammers will not begin shipping prior to Dec. 7. This gives everyone a chance to select a preferred number. After that, it becomes a matter of when the hammers are fully assembled and ready to slide into a pretty Priority Mail box. Hopefully PM will help reduce the holiday delays.
Other than that... we are now 53% sold!
Sigh Moan
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MTucker
Ice climber
Arizona
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Nov 27, 2010 - 06:39pm PT
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I assume if we just bought a hammer with none of the number horsing around, that the hammer will be in the mail soon?
The hammers aren't even built dude. Got to wait for the building/shipping party to happen.
Hopefully they will wait to drink the beer till after the 250+ hammers are built.
If I buy three hammers to I have to pay $30+ in shipping when all the hammers will fit in the same Flat Rate box??
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
leading the away team, but not in a red shirt!
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Nov 27, 2010 - 11:50pm PT
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numbers, shmumbers....... I still think that number fixation is sutpid.
Hmmm.
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
leading the away team, but not in a red shirt!
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Nov 28, 2010 - 12:33am PT
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Aye. Quite so, that.
Freaks must freak, otherwise they'll freak!
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JBC
Trad climber
Tacoma, WA
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Nov 28, 2010 - 12:54am PT
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Hopefully they will wait to drink the beer till after the 250+ hammers are built.
Hmm, maybe i don't care what number I get after all - just give me one of the pre-beer hammers! :)
Jim
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T Moses
Big Wall climber
Paso Robles
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Nov 28, 2010 - 01:18am PT
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No drinkin til AFTER the work is done. I don't drink at all so no worries there. Quality hammers are what ya'll will be gettin.
The build party is set for the 3-4 of December. Munge, Healyje, my brother and a few others will be giving a hand on assembly during that weekend. I plan on shipping a decent quantity or all of the orders as fast as possible starting on Tuesday the seventh. I seriously hope that USPS will get the hammers to where they need to go by Christmas.
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
leading the away team, but not in a red shirt!
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Nov 28, 2010 - 01:39am PT
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Right on, Theron.
Diggin' it all, mostly.
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